Billy Community Build

How Billy plays Lane: Walk up and swing. Melee is 41% of your lane damage to heroes. Farm: Your jungle is about average. Take the camps on your way to the next fight. Open Large camps with Bashdown. Fight: From 9 to 20 min, melee deals 41% of your damage. Bashdown is your biggest ability hit. Late: After 30 min, melee deals 48% of your damage. Stay with your team in fights.

Ability order Bashdown first: tier 3 by 14 min. Blasted tier 3 at 18. Chain Gang tier 3 at 30. Rising Ram tier 3 next.

Counter Buys: Baba, Abrams, Mina, Wraith, Infernus, Shiv, Haze, Lash, Vindicta, Seven, Lady Geist, Victor, Dynamo

1 min · Melee the lane Swing at heroes between waves, not at Troopers. Melee is 41% of your lane damage to heroes. Higher-rank players land more melee on heroes.

3 min · Monster Rounds Monster Rounds adds about 27 camp souls a minute against players who spent the same. It adds 25% Weapon Damage against Troopers, camp monsters and objectives. 81% of Phantom+ Billy players buy it; 55% of Initiates do.

6 min · Buy Grit 69% of Phantom+ Billy players buy Grit. Only 44% of Initiates do. Use it for a 200 Barrier for 4 seconds. Press it when you take burst damage.

Stalker + Cultist Sacrifice + Spirit Shielding or Weakening Headshot + Battle Vest + Enchanter's Emblem

9 min · Sinner's, then fights Open your first Medium camp near 8:06. Take the first Sinner's Sacrifice near 9:09, as in 93% of games. Then group up with your team.

9 min · Mix in more shots From 9 to 20 min, higher-rank Billy players deal more gun damage: 211 a minute against 97 at Initiate. Shoot between melee swings. Do not stop swinging.

10 min · Cultist Sacrifice Cultist Sacrifice adds about 50 camp souls a minute against players who spent the same. Use it on a camp monster or a Trooper. You get 170% of its souls and a long buff. 59% of Phantom+ Billy players buy it; 28% of Initiates do.

14 min · Bash the group Save it for when several enemies are close to you. Ascendant Billy players: 14% of casts. Initiates: 11% of casts.

25 min · Skip Point Blank 59% of Initiate Billy players buy Point Blank. Only 34% of Phantom+ Billy players do. Put the souls into the Core items.

RATES are share of these 977 games. 2 weaker counter buys not shown.

Where Billy stands out 1.0× = the average hero ———— Melee hits on heroes 4.4× —— Heavy melee swings 1.9× —— Camp kills by melee 1.6× — Blasted casts 0.5× — Camp kills by ability 0.1×